Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping
On 29/05/12 13:32, Silvio Bierman wrote:
On 05/29/2012 02:16 PM, bilsch wrote:
I'm writing a DOS script that uses pathnames with the well known Windows
directory 'My Documents'. The name has a space in it that causes javac
and java commands to choke. Neither of the following works:
'My Documents' (single quotes) or My\ Documents (escape the space).
Here is an example:
javac -d C:/Users/Owner/'My Documents'/NetBeansProjects/%1/build/classes
Can anyone tell me the workaround for this?
TIA Bill S.
Not really Java related but anyway: in DOS/Windows you need to quote the
complete path like "C:/My Documents/Pictures/abc.WMV" etc.
it's often very convenient to use tab expansion of paths (both in
Windows cmd shell, and UNIX/Linux bash shell). This would have
discovered the correct path for the OP. For example, enter in the cmd.exe:
javac -d C:\Users\Owner\My
then hit tab. Windows will do the rest, even adding appropriate quotes
where necessary. Note that you must use the Windows \ path separator for
this to work.
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